Director: Ciarán Foy
Writers: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, 2 more credits
Stars: James Ransone, Shannyn Sossamon, Robert Daniel Sloan | See full cast and crew
Storyline
Following the events from the first film, a different family; a mother
and her 2 sons move into a rural house that's marked for death. When the
deputy from the first film learns that this family is next in line to
fall to the demon Bhughul, he races before time to stop it and save them
from the same fate.
Movie Reviews
I'll keep this short since plot descriptions are redundant andt atention spans are short these days.
Sinister 2, instead of giving us a straight rehash of the original, changes the perspective from the parents to the kids and introduces a menacing, ghostly group of children that give the Children of the Corn a run for their money in terms of creepiness.
The story sees the return of Deputy So-and-So from the original film, following up on leads and attempting to stop the string of murdered families. In his quest, he comes across our new family, living next to a church where a horrible crime took place (which we do eventually see on 8mm, and it's quite gruesome).
The film worked for me because Deputy So-and-So is an affable, much more sympathetic main character than Ethan Hawke from the original, and the story takes time to develop the entire family. No one feels like a side character or a throwaway.
Amidst all of this are themes of parental abuse and domestic violence, all gelling together to make a richer plot than the original's. There's simply more going on, and contrary to the trailer, the film is not loaded with jump scares. When they occur, which is seldom, the music is more revelatory than "gotcha."
I found the directing to be more nuanced and the added element of the familial drama to be much more involving than anything in the original.
In short, I think this was a more accomplished, classy film. It kept my interest throughout and had a lot more going on than the original.
A rare sequel that actually surpasses its predecessor.
Sinister 2, instead of giving us a straight rehash of the original, changes the perspective from the parents to the kids and introduces a menacing, ghostly group of children that give the Children of the Corn a run for their money in terms of creepiness.
The story sees the return of Deputy So-and-So from the original film, following up on leads and attempting to stop the string of murdered families. In his quest, he comes across our new family, living next to a church where a horrible crime took place (which we do eventually see on 8mm, and it's quite gruesome).
The film worked for me because Deputy So-and-So is an affable, much more sympathetic main character than Ethan Hawke from the original, and the story takes time to develop the entire family. No one feels like a side character or a throwaway.
Amidst all of this are themes of parental abuse and domestic violence, all gelling together to make a richer plot than the original's. There's simply more going on, and contrary to the trailer, the film is not loaded with jump scares. When they occur, which is seldom, the music is more revelatory than "gotcha."
I found the directing to be more nuanced and the added element of the familial drama to be much more involving than anything in the original.
In short, I think this was a more accomplished, classy film. It kept my interest throughout and had a lot more going on than the original.
A rare sequel that actually surpasses its predecessor.
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